What is it with some docs? You have no idea how many times I have seen the former cocktail-waitress-banging-the-doc promoted to his (always a him) secretary/ receptionist/ in-office surgical assistant. These guys have no sense of professional boundaries, or much of anything else.

Pepper spray is not funny, so speaks the former student journalist covering a campus disturbance. (ah, memories . . . )I know the concern w/ bears -- if you don't use the right stuff, they do think you are chipolte-flavored human! Best to move away quickly and quietly, and if you can't get away, curl up and play dead. UNFORTUNATELY, Dr. Darth (or Dr. Dickhead) did not have super glue on his zipper.

The doctor lifestyle is very limited. There is minimal social interaction. Docs and nurses frequently hook up. I actually totally get it. And if you're married to a doctor because you were young and stupid, and realize that twenty ears later, you STILL haven't had much time together, you finally realize that it's a shitty lifestyle. And get a hot secretary. Who totally thinks you're awesome because you're a doctor. Unlike your wife, who is unimpressed, because she is also a doctor/nurse/unit manager/tech. And neither person is emotionally available to each other. And then you find someone who IS emotionally available.

I say all this as a female physician. I actually get it. I've been in awkward situations for the same reason. It's easy to judge, but if you found yourself in the same spot, you might understand. I actually thought carefully about my choice of partner (and got very lucky) and we make sure that we actually talk and spend time together. If I were unavailable to him emotionally, and showed no interest in his life and work, I really couldn't blame him for finding a secretary on the side.

Welcome to my whining!

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